Another market research firm is weighing in on the potential market impact of the iPhone: While stating that the iPhone already is a success, IDC said that the device has shortcomings that may prevent the mass market from adopting it.

If the $599 iPhone isn’t expensive enough for you then Porshe’s new mobile phone should do the trick. Porsche Design Group announced the P’9521 phone in France last week and it will cost you a cool $1600.

There isn’t much we have heard about Intel’s flagship processor for datacenter processors lately: But Itanium is alive and Intel has just updated its roadmap – ranging from the upcoming Montvale processor, to Tukwila, the first 32 nm design Poulson and its successor Kittson.